These are selected references on affect, emotion theory and affective neuroscience.

• Damasio, A. R. (1994). Descartes’ error: Emotion, reason and the human brain. New York: Grosset/Putnam.
• Damasio, A. R. (1999). The feeling of what happens: Body and emotion in the making of consciousness. New York: Harcourt Brace.
• Darwin, C. (1872). The expression of emotion in man and animals. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Ekman, P. (1983). Autonomic nervous system activity distinguishes among emotions. Science, 221, 1208-1210.
• Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ. New York: Bantum Books.
• Izard, C. E. (1990). Facial expressions and the regulations of emotion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58, 487-498.
• James, W. (1902). The varieties of religious experience: A study in human nature. New York: Penguin Books.
• Kelly, V. C. (1996). Affect and the redefinition of intimacy. In D. L. Nathanson (Ed.), Knowing feeling: Affect, script and psychotherapy (pp. 55-104). New York: Norton.
• Lazarus, R. S. (1991). Emotion and adaptation. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Ledoux, J. (1996). The emotional brain: The mysterious underpinnings of emotional life. New York: Simon & Schuster.
• Lindemann, E. (1944). Symptomatology and management of acute grief. American Journal of Psychiatry, 101, 141-148.
• Nathanson, D. L. (1992). Shame and pride: Affect, sex and the birth of the self. New York: W.W. Norton.
• Nathanson, D. L. (1996). About emotion. In D. L. Nathanson (Ed.), Knowing feeling: Affect, script and psychotherapy (pp. 1-21). New York: W.W. Norton.
• The nature of emotion: Fundamental questions. (1994) (P. &. D. Ekman, R. J., Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
• NIMH Basic Behavioral Science Task Force. (1995). Basic Behavioral Science Research for Mental Health: A National Investment. Chapter 1: Emotion and Motivation. American Psychologist, 50, 838-845.
• Siegel, D. J. (1999). The developing mind: Toward a neurobiology of affective experience. New York: Guilford.
• Tomkins, S. S. (1962). Affect, imagery, and consciousness: Vol. 1. The positive affects. New York: Springer.
• Tomkins, S. S. (1963). Affect, imagery, and consciousness: Vol. 2. the negative affects. New York: Springer.
• Tomkins, S. S. (1970). Affect as amplification: Some modifications in a theory. In R. Pluttchik & H. Kellerman (Ed.), Emotions: Theory, research and experience (pp. 141-164). New York: Academic Press.
• Zajonc, R. B. (1985). Emotion and facial efference: A theory reclaimed. Science, 228, 15-22.